Tennessee's two leading charter school groups merge into one

10:27 AM,
Jul. 18, 2013

Greg Thompson, new head of the Tennessee Charter School Center

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Joey Garrison
The Tennessean

Tennessee's two leading support groups of charter schools are merging in what organizers are calling the first organization of its kind in the country to both lobby for and create new publicly financed, privately operated charters.

The new organization, the Tennessee Charter School Center, combines the Tennessee Charter Schools Association, a longtime charter school lobbying arm, and the Nashville-based Tennessee Charter School Incubator, launched four years ago to help get new charters off the ground.

Leading the center is Greg Thompson, who was incubator CEO. "We hope to be a voice ...

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Tennessee's two leading charter school groups merge into one

Organizers say the new Tennessee Charter School Center will both lobby for and create new charters.